TORONTO — One week into training camp and so far all the talk has been about how the referees are ruining the game of hockey. And there have been so many slashing penalties called that Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock joked he hasn’t been able to evaluate anything other than the power play and penalty kill. “That slashing rule, that’s one thing, but this new faceoff rule is an absolute joke,” Marchand told reporters in Boston earlier this week. Based on the number of players getting hurt in training camps so far, perhaps NHL commissioner Gary Bettman should consider something similar. Collar aims to curtail head traumaA device has been released that aims to protect hockey players from head trauma.

Source: National Post September 21, 2017 01:52 UTC